Zuma: MKMVA Warns That South Africa Will Be "Torn Apart" if Former President Is Arrested

Friday, July 02, 2021 at 8:18 PM by Stefan Mack

The MKMVA has threatened to prevent former president Jacob Zuma from being arrested and called the 15-month jail sentence a travesty of justice
MKMVA national spokesperson, Carl Niehaus, warned that it would be unwise to arrest Zuma and that South Africa would be "torn apart"
The MKMVA has echoed Zuma's belief that his rights had not been respected and Niehaus compared the jail sentence to apartheid-era laws

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The MKMVA held a press conference outside former president Jacob Zuma's home in Nkandla. They threatened that if Zuma was arrested it would plunge South Africa into violence.

MKMVA national spokesperson, Carl Niehaus had already warned the ANC that it was unwise to arrest Zuma and that there would be dire consequences.

Zuma, MKMVA, Con-Court, Nkandla — The MKMVA has threatened to protect Zuma from being arrested and warned that the country would be torn apart. Photo credit: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg
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"Our country would be torn apart. There will be instability and unrest," he said.

Zuma believes his rights were not respected

eNCA covered the press conference where Niehaus said that Zuma believed his constitutional rights were undermined by the Constitutional Court ruling.

Niehaus called the 15-month jail sentence was a "travesty of justice" and that it resembled apartheid-era laws that arrested people without a proper trial.

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SAPS has dismissed threats from Jacob Zuma's supporters who want to prevent his arrest

In other news, as time draws closer to the scheduled incarceration of former president Jacob Zuma, either voluntarily or by force, the South African Police Service (SAPS) has disregarded threats by supporters of the former head of state to protect him from being incarcerated.

Responding to multiple threats from supporters to risk their lives in order to prevent the arrest of Zuma, Brigadier Vish Naidoo, the national police spokesperson, issued a statement saying that the arrest will be carried out under the authority that the law provides them.